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Two suspects successful the blast extracurricular the Punjab BJP headquarters present person been identified, a elder authoritative of the Chandigarh constabulary said connected Friday (April 3, 2026).
"Further investigations are on," helium said, adding efforts are connected to nab them.
The detonation occurred astir 5 p.m connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) erstwhile a suspected crude explosive instrumentality was hurled adjacent the office, officials had said. No casualties were reported.
An FIR nether applicable sections of the Explosives Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act had been registered successful transportation with the incident.
Police aboriginal cordoned disconnected the country and deployed unit successful the area, portion a squad of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) inspected the site.
The Punjab BJP office is located successful Sector 37 successful Chandigarh.
An unverified video that surfaced connected societal media connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) evening shows a antheral pulling the pin from a blue-coloured grenade and throwing it, portion different idiosyncratic records the act. The duo is past seen fleeing moments earlier the blast.
Their faces were not disposable successful the 10-second video, the veracity of which was yet to beryllium ascertained. CCTV camera footage besides showed the suspects moving crossed the roadworthy aft the explosion.
In a abstracted unverified societal media station attributed to Sukhjinder Singh Babbar of the banned Babbar Khalsa International, the outfit claimed work for the incident.
Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwardeep Kaur had connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) said, "Prima facie, it appears that a tiny crude-type instrumentality was thrown." The BJP's authorities portion main Sunil Jakhar had dubbed it an "attack" astatine the enactment office.
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring condemned the blast and called it a "matter of sedate concern."
